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This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。The satellite-based Global Positioning System is a great way to locate places -- or people. But last week the United States Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement officials must get approval from a judge before placing a GPS device on a vehicle. 基于卫星的全球定位系统（GPS）是寻找某个地点或人物的一种绝佳办法。但上周美国最高法院裁定，执法人员在车辆上安置GPS设备前必须获得法官批准。The case involved a suspected drug dealer in Washington. Police put a GPS device on his car and tracked his movements for almost a month. That led them to a house with nearly one hundred kilograms of cocaine and eight hundred fifty thousand dollars in cash. 该案件涉及了一位毒贩嫌疑人。警方在他汽车上安放GPS设备对他进行了近一个月的跟踪。这把他们带到了一所藏有近百公斤可卡因和85万美元现金的房子。Antoine Jones was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. He appealed his case all the way to the Supreme Court. 安托万·琼斯（Antoine Jones）被认定有罪并判处终身监禁。他一直上诉到了美国最高法院。Law professor Christopher Slobogin at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, takes the story from there. 田纳西州纳什维尔市范德堡大学（Vanderbilt University）的法学教授克里斯托弗·斯洛博金（Christopher Slobogin）讲述了这一故事。CHRISTOPHER SLOBOGIN: Mr. Jones argued that that evidence was obtained illegally because the police did not have a warrant. And his argument was in essence that use of the tracking device was an unconstitutional search under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which provides that the government may not engage in unreasonable searches and seizures. Mr. Jones claimed that the absence of a warrant made this search unreasonable. 斯洛博金：“琼斯先生辩称那些证据是非法取得的，因为警方并没获得搜查令。他的理由大体上是，根据美国宪法第四修正案规定，政府不得从事不合理的搜查和扣押，所以使用跟踪设备是违法宪法的搜查行为。琼斯先生声称，缺少搜查令使得这次搜查不合法。”　 Yasir Afifi of San Jose, California, in January 2011 showing where a GPS tracking device had been placed on his car  And, says Professor Slobogin, the high court agreed. 斯洛博金表示，最高法院对此表示认可。CHRISTOPHER SLOBOGIN: All nine members of the court, conservative members as well as liberal members, decided that the Fourth Amendment was violated in